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Bengal Safari is planning to introduce captive breeding centre for fishing
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Siliguri (West-Bengal) [India], July 27 (ANI): The authorities of Bengal Safari, North Bengal Wild Animals Park are planning to introduce captive breeding programmes for fishing cats.
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Study reveals how young giraffes escape from its predators
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 26 (ANI): According to a study, the young giraffe or foal needs to develop its ability to move quickly on its legs in order to avoid predators. Animals' spinal cords contain networks for coordinating their muscles after birth. It takes some time to become proficient in
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Watch: Traffic police ask commuters to stop, stay quiet and allow tiger to
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): At a time when road accidents involving wild animals are on the rise, it was heartening to see in a viral video how traffic police personnel stopped commuters on both sides of the road to allow a tiger to cross the path.
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Size of mammal ancestors' ear canals reveal when warm-bloodedness evolved
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): Warm-bloodedness is a key mammal trait, but it's been a mystery when our ancestors evolved it. A new study points to an unlikely source for telling a fossil animal's body temperature: the size of tiny structures in their inner ears. The fluid in our ears beco
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Feeding dogs raw meat linked to increased prevalence of antibiotic-resista
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bristol [England], July 21 (ANI): Recent studies have linked germs that are resistant to vitally needed antibiotics to the feeding of raw meat to pet dogs.
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Study discovers brain evolution of lungfishes
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Adelaide [Australia], July 20 (ANI): With the help of research on ancient lungfish fossils, which filled in a gap in the history of land-living, four-legged creatures on earth, the evolution of the brain and nervous system in animals has been rewinded by more than 400 million years.
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Study: Burrowing animals to recover after largest mass extinction
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bristol [UK], July 19 (ANI): Burrowing animals were among the first to recover after the end-Permian mass extinction, according to researchers investigating ancient sea bed traces and burrows.
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Scientists create dog-sized robot to study how animals learn to walk
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Stuttgart [Germany], July 18 (ANI): The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Stuttgart conducted a study to discover how animals learn to walk and learn from stumbling. They created a four-legged, dog-sized robot to assist them in figuring out the details.
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Delhi: CBI busts interstate poaching gang, 3 held
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) busted an inter-state gang and arrested three persons for allegedly poaching and trafficking body parts of animals, said officials on Monday.
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Karnataka: 82 'Pashu Sanjeevini' ambulances to be launched in Belagavi on
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 18 (ANI): Karnataka Animal Husbandry Minister Prabhu Chauhan on Sunday said the Belagavi district will get 82 "Pashu Sanjeevini" ambulances for the protection of the animals on July 19.
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Do you know wild bats can remember sounds for years? Study reveals
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): When we learn a skill, like riding a bike or looking both ways before crossing the street, we rarely need to learn it again. The majority of research on learning and long-term memory in wild animals focuses on a handful number of species.
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Researchers study sleep pattern of wolves to understand domestication of a
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): To gain a better understanding of the effects of domestication and cohabitation with humans on sleep phenotypes and physiology, comparing the dog to its wild counterpart, the wolf, offers a unique opportunity.
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